Aaron Millis
Property taxes question
So when I was becoming educated about REI in general (reading books and listening to the podcasts) I was lead to believe that living in a property and renting it out at the same time (house hacking) was advantageous b...
Marina Loos
Umbrella Insurance - 1 more claim - Can't get one with the other.
Earlier this year I tried to purchase umbrella insurance. I was told by State Farm and Progressive that since I had 2 previous claims (both in 2021) I would have to wait until 2023 to get approved. So now that 2023 is...
Cary Lin
HOA's weird interpretation of what a garage is
Hi fellow bigpocketers, I have a question on, to me, a weird interpretation of what a garage contains from our condo association in NJ. Our condo contains a 2-car garage that our unit can go into directly. However, ac...
Villy Ellinger
Loss of use insurance claims for vacation rentals -- any luck?
Has anyone filed loss of use claims through your insurance for vacation rentals impacted by the Covid-19 situation? Has anyone had any luck so far? I filed on two of my larger beach-front units. The governor of FL sus...
Kevin Burton
seller wont do deal unless
I have a seller telling me that he wont do the deal unless he gives a quit claim deed only. He said it was because he wanted to avoid capital gains tax. Is there a way to get around that with a general warranty deed i...
Tim Silvers
Solar lien disposition on vacant lot
House was severely fire damaged and subsequently deemed uninhabitable and demo'd by the city along with the solar panels. In addition, the lessee of record is deceased. Death certificate was already sent some time bac...
Bryan Hartlen
Quit Claim vs Special Warranty Deed?
One of our CFDs is now an REO and we have a buyer that we're going to seller finance the property to. It was a CFD (we have clean title), it's been vacant for a few months and we're selling without a judicial forec...
Dmitri K.
Insurance company would not agree to an estimate - anything i can do?
So i had some roof damage and opened a claim with my insurance. I asked my contractor to give me an estimate and submitted that to the insurance. I trust this guy's work and would really prefer to have this done by hi...
Jim Brozny
Should the contractor get the entire payout?
I filed a claim with my insurance company for wind damage to the siding on one of my properties. At the last minute, I called a contractor to meet the adjustor at the property so they could inspect it together. The ...
Felix K.
Public Adjuster needed?
I used to owned a commercial building and business in it. Just a year ago, it got burnt down, completely destroying the building and contents. The insurance co sent their adjuster, and the damage estimated was over ...